Vernal pools
Subtitle: natural history and conservation
By: Elizabeth A.Colburn
Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Pub. Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Blacksburg, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Vernal pool ecology; Vernal pools
Description: Annotation. The first book-length synthesis of the natural history, ecology, and conservation of the seasonally wet pools that occur in and near the formerly glaciated portions of eastern North America (incldues both Canada and the US).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-419) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing vernal pools; title: Vernal pools in the landscape : origins, landscape position, and habitat characteristics; title: Hydrology; title: Bacteria, protists, algae, and fungi; title: Vegetation; title: Life history strategies of pool animals; title: Amphibians; title: Reptiles, birds, and mammals; title: Crustaceans; title: Insects; title: Water mites and miscellaneous other arthropods; title: Non-arthropod invertebrates; title: Energetics, seasonal cycles, and variations in community composition; title: Conservation of vernal pools.